loop(n.)
loop(v.)
约于1400年, loupen,意为“通过环圈拉(一条绳子)”,源自 loop(名词)。及物动词“形成环或环圈”的意思来自1832年; 及物动词“将(某物)形成环圈”的意思来自1856年。相关词汇: Looped(1934年俚语意义上的“喝醉了”); looping; Loop the loop(1900年最初指游乐园的过山车)。
"Loop-the-Loop" is the name of a new entertainment which goes further in the way of tempting Providence than anything yet invented. The "Loop" is an immense circle of track in the air. A car on a mimic railway shoots down a very steep incline, and is impelled around the inner side of this loop. ... The authorities at Coney Island are said to have prohibited "looping-the-loop" because women break their corset strings in their efforts to catch their breath as they sweep down the incline, and moreover, a young man is reported to have ruptured a blood vessel in his liver. ["Philadelphia Medical Journal," Aug. 10, 1901]
“Loop-the-Loop”是一种新的娱乐活动,比任何以前发明的都更加挑战命运。这个“Loop”是一条巨大的空中轨道。一辆小车在一个模拟铁路上急速下坡,然后被推到这个环圈的内侧。……据说,Coney Island 的当局已经禁止“looping-the-loop”,因为女性在急速下坡时会断掉紧身胸衣的带子,而且据报道,一名年轻男子的肝脏血管破裂了。【《费城医学杂志》,1901年8月10日】
该词起源时间:约1400年